====================================================================== Secunia Research 2018/03/15 Microsoft Windows Embedded OpenType Font Engine hdmx Table Information Disclosure Vulnerability ====================================================================== Table of Contents Affected Software....................................................1 Severity.............................................................2 Description of Vulnerability.........................................3 Solution.............................................................4 Time Table...........................................................5 Credits..............................................................6 References...........................................................7 About Flexera Software...............................................8 Verification.........................................................9 ====================================================================== 1) Affected Software * Microsoft Windows 7 * Microsoft Windows Server 2008 ====================================================================== 2) Severity Rating: Moderately critical Impact: Information Disclosure Where: Remote ====================================================================== 3) Description of Vulnerability Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose certain information. The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing hdmx table and can be exploited to cause an out-of-bounds read memory access. ====================================================================== 4) Solution Apply update. ====================================================================== 5) Time Table 2017/12/06 Reported vulnerability. 2017/12/07 Vendor status update. 2017/12/15 Vendor notified about vulnerability. 2018/02/13 Vendor patch release. 2018/02/14 Secunia Advisory SA77777 release. 2018/03/14 - Public disclosure of Secunia Research Advisory. ====================================================================== 6) Credits Hossein Lotfi, Secunia Research at Flexera. ====================================================================== 7) References The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the CVE-2018-0761 identifiers for the vulnerability. ====================================================================== 8) About Flexera Software Flexera Software helps application producers and enterprises increase application usage and the value they derive from their software. http://www.flexerasoftware.com/enterprise/company/about/ Flexera Software delivers market-leading Software Vulnerability Management solutions enabling enterprises to proactively identify and remediate software Vulnerability, effectively reducing the risk of costly security breaches. http://www.flexerasoftware.com/enterprise/products/ Flexera Software supports and contributes to the community in several ways. We have always believed that reliable vulnerability intelligence and tools to aid identifying and fixing Vulnerability should be freely available for consumers to ensure that users, who care about their online privacy and security, can stay secure. Only a few vendors address Vulnerability in a proper way and help users get updated and stay secure. End-users (whether private individuals or businesses) are otherwise left largely alone, and that is why back in 2002, Secunia Research started investigating, coordinating disclosure and verifying software Vulnerability. In 2016, Secunia Research became a part of Flexera Software and today our in-house software vulnerability research remains the core of the Software Vulnerability Management products at Flexera Software. http://secunia.com/secunia_research/ The public Advisory database contains sufficient information for researchers, security enthusiasts, and consumers to lookup individual products and Vulnerability and assess, whether they need to take any actions to secure their systems or whether a given vulnerability has already been discovered http://secunia.com/advisories/ ====================================================================== 9) Verification Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website: https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2018-05/ Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/ ======================================================================